Table 3.

Logistic regression analysis of the risk factors of pediatric intensive care unit admission

	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	aOR	95% CI	p value	aOR	95% CI	p value
Age	1.220	1.078–1.382	0.002	1.277	1.089–1.498	0.003
Initial inflammatory markers*
Lymphocyte (cells/mm3)	1	0.999–1	0.116	1	0.999–1	0.369
Albumin (mg/dL)	0.205	0.075–0.561	0.002	0.105	0.029–0.378	0.001

^*Patients without available data were not included into the analysis

PICU, pediatric intensive care unit